Improvement in compounds for preserving fruit-trees



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LEANDER c; -.eIFF'oRn', oE MoNTioELLo, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 114,798, dated May 16, 1871-.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMPOUNDS FOR PRESERVING FRUIT-TREES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of'the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEANDER O. GIFFORD, of Monticello, in the county of Piatt and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in .Oom-

' pound for Protecting and Restoring Fruit-Trees; and

This compound is introduced into the tree by bor ing a hole in the body or branch, or in any othermanner, so that it will be dissolved by and mingle with: sap.

The eiTectis to purify and give the sap vigor and to prevent blight, and to expel the disease from trees already aflected.

I do not confine myself to any particular mode of applying the compound;

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- -ent- The above-described compound, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' LEANDERO. GIFFORD. Witnesses:

S. O. LANGDON, ANDREW M. THORP. 

